An intensive week-long course in Archaeological Micromorphology is offered by the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science. Dr. Panagiotis (Takis) Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Laboratory, and Dr. Paul Goldberg, Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, will lead the course, which will primarily focus on deciphering site formation processes and micro-stratigraphy. Students will receive instruction in optical mineralogy, description of micromorphological thin sections, and analysis of soil fabrics and sedimentary microstructures.

The course will take place from June 22-26, 2020. Applications will be submitted no later than March 15, 2020 via the online application form

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June 29–July 24, 2020Intensive four-week course in medieval Greek and introduction to paleography and Byzantine book culture. Approximately ten places will be available, with priority going to students without ready access to similar courses at local or regional institutions. Applications due February 1, 2020 Visit: https://www.doaks.org/research/byzantine/scholarly-activities/2020-byzantine-greek-summer-school

Course Offerings

The principal course will be a daily 1½-hour session devoted to the
translation of sample Byzantine texts. Each week, texts will be selected
from a different genre, e.g., historiography, hagiography, poetry, and
epistolography. Two afternoons a week, hour-long sessions on paleography
will be held. In addition, each student will receive a minimum of one
hour per week of individual tutorial. Approximately eleven hours per
week will be devoted to formal classroom instruction. In the remaining
hours of the week, students will prepare their assignments.

Students will also have the opportunity to study inscribed objects in
the Byzantine Collection, and view facsimiles of manuscripts in the
Dumbarton Oaks Rare Books Collection, as well as original manuscripts in
the Byzantine Collection. Any extra time may be used for personal
research in the Dumbarton Oaks library, but support for the summer
school is intended first and foremost for study of Byzantine Greek
language and texts.

Faculty

Alexandros Alexakis, University of IoanninaStratis Papaioannou, University of Crete

Accommodation and Costs

No tuition fees will be charged. Successful candidates from outside
the Washington, DC, area will be provided with housing at no cost and
lunch on weekdays. Local area students will not be offered accommodation
but will receive free lunch on weekdays. Students are expected to cover
their own transportation expenses.

Requirements for Admission

Applicants must be graduate students in a field of Byzantine studies
(or advanced undergraduates with a strong background in Greek). Two
years of college-level ancient Greek (or the equivalent) are a
prerequisite; a diagnostic test may be administered to finalist
applicants before successful candidates are selected.

Application Procedure

Applicants should send a letter by February 1, 2020,
addressed to the Byzantine Studies Program, describing their academic
background, career goals, previous study of Greek, and reasons for
wishing to attend the summer school. The application should also include
a curriculum vitae and a list of all Greek authors and/or texts
previously read in the original. Two letters of recommendation should be
sent separately, one from the student’s adviser, and one from an
instructor in Greek, assessing the candidate’s present level of
competence in ancient or medieval Greek. Principles of selection will
include three considerations: previous meritorious achievement, need for
intensive study of Byzantine Greek, and future direction of research.
Awards will be announced in late February 2020, and must be accepted by March 15, 2020.

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The Hebrew University Excavations at Tel Qedesh

Tel Qedesh is one of the largest biblical mounds in northern Israel. The site that was a major cultural, economic and political hub for over four millennia is now nestled peacefully in the quiet, green scenery of the Upper Galilee of Israel, waiting for archaeologists to uncover its treasures.

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If you are planning to pursue academic study abroad this summer, we invite you to consider the Harvard Summer Program in Nafplio and Thessaloniki, Greece, 2020, under the title “Migrations and Boundaries: Reconceptualizing Mobility in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond”.

The program, now in its nineteenth year, is the oldest continuously
running and one of the most successful Harvard study-abroad programs.
The five-week course (27 June – 2 August 2020) is divided between the
seaside town of Nafplio, and the historical city of Thessaloniki. Greece
is an ideal place for summer study: traces of ancient history and
culture are found everywhere, and the country has been an important
meeting point between East and West across the centuries. The beautiful
climate and landscape are additional sources of inspiration.

Nine interrelated week-long seminars offer a stimulating approach
to cultural exchange, with an emphasis on migration, the legacies of
Hellenism and on imperial encounters in the Mediterranean. The program’s
richness is due to its interdisciplinary nature and the diversity of
its faculty and students. The seminars combine linguistic, literary, and
historical methodologies, while several faculty members (classicists,
historians, literary and theater critics) attend each class, making it a
real laboratory for collaborative thinking. Our discussions continue
over dinner under the olive trees. Since 2002, students have come from
as far afield as the US, England, France, Bulgaria, Greece, Guatemala,
Turkey, China, and the Philippines.

Weekend excursions take us to some of the country’s most
important ancient, medieval, and contemporary sites, such as Athens,
Olympia, Epidaurus, Mycenae and Vergina. A rich program of guest
lectures, and dramatic performances at the ancient theater of Epidaurus,
complete the curriculum. Weekly trips to the beautiful and relatively
untouched beaches of the Peloponnese and Northern Greece enable us to
enjoy the natural landscape and appreciate its fragility. Whether you
are a student of the classics or modern literature, a historian or a
scientist, this program will offer you unique insight into the history
and representations of cultural interaction and mobility in the Eastern
Mediterranean and beyond.

The course carries 8 credits that in the past have included – but
are not restricted to – classics, literature, and history. In the past,
participants have been undergraduates, graduate students, or independent
scholars. Please note: Students must be at least 18 years old and in
good academic standing to apply.

Applications are due January 30, 2020. Students will be notified of admission decisions by late February.

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Archaeological field school in Bulgaria 2020

The archaeological excavations will be carried out at Batulya fortress – a Byzantine stronghold, situated in Stara planina (Old Mountain). This is relatively new archaeological site – the archaeological excavations here started in 2017. The fortress is registered for the first time in 80s but never has been studied. Nowadays on the terrain can be seen the remains of old fortification wall as well as some of the buildings inside of the stronghold. The protective walls have thickness of 1,5 meters and are preserved along about 100 meters at the Northern part of the fortification. The dimensions of the fortified area are about 1500 sq.m. The walls fence an area with rectangular layout. At the Eastern part on the terrain are traced ruins of square tower.

Session 1: June 23 – July 11, 2020Session 2: July 12 – July 25, 2020

To join us you should simply fill in our Application form. In the time of applying we required 30% of the participation fee to be paid in advance. This amount is not refundable! Your place is considered reserved only after the payment of the fee.

After receiving of your application we will
proceed your documents and will contact you within three days with
further instructions. The rest of the fee is payable 4 weeks before
beginning of the field school. This amount is fully reimbursable
but in case of cancellation you should inform us not later than one
week prior beginning of the digs. After this deadline the amount is not
refundable!